yearning to slay the guilt so i can lay the rest to rest

2015.11.26

It was while he was in the midst of writing his master's thesis; he had become painfully aware of his own procrastination. He later blamed anxiety stemming from this aspect of the writing process for much of the self-loathing he had felt about all sorts of other things at that time. This included, for example, excessive guilt he felt over his treatment of his father. His anecdote stuck with me; the moral of the story seemed to be that unresolved narratives can, when left unattended, undermine their hosts.